The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-07
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters OF Money and Management
About Various Lines.


1t has been estimated that the railroad
grade to Lake Helen, Fla, can be completed
for 81 800.
The Orange Belt railroad bridge across
the Withlaeoochee river near Macon, is
nearly completed.
The Georgia Midland railroad track lay
ing is completed from Columbus to Nc
Donough, on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad.
The South Florida railroad company is
preparing an exhibit of the products and
manufactures of South Florida for the
Piedmont Exposition, to be held in Atlanta
in October.
The construction company of the Atlanta
and Hawlinsville had agreed TO take the
road to GAINESVILLE in consideration of $50,
900 and the right of way, if the directors
would approve, but last Wednesday the
directors refused to consent. and so Barnes
vile does not get the road.
The attorneys of the New Orleans Pacific
railroad have fled a brief with the Secre-
tary OF the Interior, asking for a new hear
ing in the matter of the forfeiture of the
lands granted to the old New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Company, and
which were assigned by it to the New Or
leans Pacific railroad.
In Port Orange, Fla, the principal topic
is the proposed railway from thence to
Glencoe 1t would be good thing for the
former place, but bad move for New
Smyrna. According to the conformation
OF the country, from Port Orange in a
southerly direction to Glencoe, and not
New Smyrna would appear to be the proper
direction.
The parties who furnished the funds for
the completion of the Blue Spring, Orange
City and Atlantic railroad, Florida, now
contemplate the extension of that road to
Tayares, Fla, with view to making con-
nection with the Florida Railway and Navi-
CATION system at that point. All arrange
ments preliminary to the extension of the
road have been completed and the officers
have been instructed to prepare estimates of
the cost Of extending the road as above at
once. They also propose to establish line
of steamboats, on the Halifax, Hillsborougb
and Indian rivers to run in connection with
the b. s., .. G. & A. r. R., so that there
will be but one transfer of freight namely,
that at New SMYRNA, between the point of
shipment and all Northern and Western
cities, thus giving the people of the East
coast the benefit of a competing line for the
shipment of their fruit and vegetables
Mr.. J. E. Ingraham, President of the
South Florida railroad accompanied by
Mr.. Wilbur Mccoy, General Freight and
Passenger Agent of the road, arrived in
Jacksonville from Sanford in the presi-
Dental favorite car Monday morning Mr..
lngraham is director of the Sub Tropical,
and came up TO attend the meeting which
was held in the afternoon. Mr.. Ingraham,
Mai. sherman Conant. the General Manager
of the Florida Southern, and prominent
officials of the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton, left over the latter road Tuesday morn
ing for Tallahassee, where they are to meet
the railroad commissioners. The commits
sioneis issued call a short time ago re-
questing all persons owning or operating
any railroad, wholly or in part in the State,
to meet them in their session, which begun
yesterday, to arrange rates and schedules
for the guidance of these roads The pri-
vate cars of the South Florida and the
Florida Railway and Navigation trans
ported the railroad officials to Tallahassee.